Books from A. Whitman

  • The Mystery of the Hidden Beach
    By Gertrude Chandler Warner

    While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.

  • Story Hour--starring Megan!
    By Julie Brillhart

    When the sitter cannot come, Megan gets to be her mother's assistant at the library, and one day when her mom has her hands full during story hour, Megan decides...

  • Along the Santa Fe Trail: Marion Russell's Own Story
    By Ginger Wadsworth

    In 1852, when Marion Russell was seven years old, she set out from Kansas with her mother and brother for California. They traveled in a large wagon train on the...

  • My Two Uncles
    By Judith Vigna

    Plans for Elly's grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary party are upset when Grampy refuses to invite Elly's Uncle Phil and his friend, Ned, who are gay. By the author-illustrator of Saying...

  • Young Frederick Douglass: The Slave Who Learned to Read
    By Linda Walvoord Girard, Linda Walvoord

    An inspiring portrayal of the early years of the famous abolitionist and orator depicts his realization that reading and writing were the keys to freedom, efforts to educate himself, and...

  • Our Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C.
    By Bernadine Bailey

    A brief survey of Washington, D.C., its history, museums, government buildings, parks, hospitals and educational institutions.

  • Little Bunny's Pacifier Plan
    By Maribeth Boelts

    From the team of Dry Days, Wet Nights; Little Bunny's Preschool Countdown; and Little Bunny's Cool Tool Set comes a new Little Bunny story about letting go of something you...

  • The Mystery in San Francisco
    By Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Aunt Jane's friend Charlie takes the Aldens fishing, but it appears that someone wants Charlie out of the fishing business.

  • Moon Sandwich Mom
    By Jennifer Jacobson

    Rafferty wants to play with his mom, but Mrs. Fox is too busy painting. So Rafferty packs up his things and goes off in search of a new mother. Along...

  • Focus: Five Women Photographers : Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Flor Garduño, Sandy Skoglund, Lorna Simpson
    By Sylvia Wolf

    Brief biographies of five women photographers who created art with their cameras. Included are: Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Flor Garduno, Sandy Skoglund, and Lorna Simpson.

  • Molly's Rosebush
    By Janice Cohn

    When the new baby they've been expecting isn't strong enough to be born, Molly and her family find different ways to express their feelings and comfort each other.

  • Adoption is for Always
    By Linda Walvoord Girard, Linda Walvoord

    STARRED, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. "Celia (who appears to be five or six years old) has always known that she was adopted, but she is just beginning to understand the significance...